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As of May 3, in Ternopil region sugar beet sown on the area of 30,3 thousand hectares or 103% of the forecast. It is reported by IA «APK-Inform» Agrarians of the region report about the unfavorable weather conditions for the crops development. They note that this situation is due to in...

In Ivano-Frankivsk sugar beet have already been sown on the area of 780 ha, which is 100% of the forecast. It is reported by the Department of Agricultural Development of the Regional State Administration. Yar wheat in the region is sown on the area of 7,8 thousand hectares, spring b...

As of May 2, 2018, sugar beet were planted on the area of ​​263 thousand hectares, or 87% of the forecast. It is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. In addition, the sowing of early spring crops and legumes was conducted on the area of ​​2,2 million...

The step-by-step launch of Severodonetsk «Azot» is scheduled for the end of May or the beginning of June this year. It is confirmed by the head of the trade union of the company Valeriy Chernysh, «UA: DONBAS» reports. The possibility of implementing this project was discussed on April 24, at the...

Odessa Port Plant (OPP) has stopped carbamide production on its both units. The reason is the lack of warehouse space for produced carbamide storage. It is stated by Mykola Schurikov, the first deputy director of the OPP, on his Facebook page. He adds that in order to reduce the selling price of products, "it is necessary to lower the...

In January-March 2018, Ukrainian sugar confectionery production totaled 16,5 thousand tonnes (-3,4% compared to the same period of 2017). It is reported by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. According to the data, in March this year, 6,1 thousand tonnes of sugar confectionery products were produced (+33,1% compared with&nb...

As of April 20, 2018, Sumy region began sugar beet sowing. It is reported by the Agricultural Department of Sumy Regional State Administration. In Sumy region, sugar beet were sown on the area of 1,0 thousand hectares, which is 19% of t...

In the first quarter of 2018, agro-industrial holding «Astarta-Kyiv» reduced its sugar sales by 34% or by 48,62 thousand tonnes. It is reported by the company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange website. During the mentioned period, sugar sales decreased from 141,46 thousand tonnes in the first quarter of 2017 to 92,84 thousand ton...

Despite the fact that bad weather and climate conditions have delayed sowing works for 10-15 days, the sugar beet sowing campaign is in full swing. As of April 18, 150 thousand hectares sown. «Despite all the difficulties, sugar beet sowing will reach in time to April 25, because on average, this season, farms sow 5-7% of the total sugar beet area every day. For comparison, last year...

As of April 17, Kharkiv region sowed 10% of the forecasted sugar beet area. It was reported by the Agricultural Department of Kharkiv Regional State Administration. In all categories of farms, early spring wheat grains and leguminous crops sown on 98,000 hectares of l...